ARGUMENT





Definition:

  1. [noun] a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
    Synonyms: statement

  2. [noun] a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
    Synonyms: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing

  3. [noun] a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
    Synonyms: ation, debate

  4. [noun] a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"
    Synonyms: literary

  5. [noun] a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

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